Books in the Dover Books on Physics series

Vital document of 20th-century physics features contributions from Stephen W. Hawking, Hans Bethe, Murray Gell-Mann, Stephen L. Adler, Alan Guth, T. D. Lee, W. E. Lamb, Jr., and other luminaries. 1985 edition.

Classic 1912 article reformulated the foundations of the statistical approach in mechanics. Largely still valid, the treatment covers older formulation of statistico-mechanical investigations, modern formulation of kineto-statistics of gas model, and more. 1959 edition.

This text appeals to readers' intuitive grasp of the wave theory of light, explaining how quantum mechanics arises from the diffraction and interference experiments in the same manner of physical optics. Coherent examples explore the quantum mechanical analog of classical quantities, and the entire work examines the physical meanings of the theory and its applications. Providing a semester's worth of introductory material, this treatment explores quantum mechanics in a balanced, integrated manner. Subjects explored in the introductory chapters were chosen for their mathematical simplicity. Physical applications stressed in later chapters will prepare students for topics they are likely to encounter early in further studies of atomic and nuclear physics. Dover (2014) republication of the edition originally published by Allyn and Bacon, Inc., Boston, 1963.See every Dover book in print atwww.doverpublications.com

This graduate-level text explores propagator methods, scattering theory, charged particle interactions and their applications, alternate approximate methods, and the Klein-Gordon and Dirac equations. Problems appear throughout the text. 1992 edition.